Accreditation
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The Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport systems has announced St. John’s Life Line Air Medical Service, a rotorwing service, was awarded accreditation April 1, 2006. St. John’s Life Line Air Medical Service provides highly skilled flight nurse/paramedic teams to care for adult, pediatric and neonatal services.

This accreditation represents the commitment by St. John’s to higher standards for patient care and safety in air medical transport.

Accreditation is a voluntary process through which a medical transport service is certified by the Commission as substantially meeting accreditation standards. The Accreditation Standards address issues of patient care and safety in fixed and rotor wing services, as well as ground inter facility services providing critical care transports.

Accreditation Standards are the criteria used to measure a program's level of quality. In order to obtain accreditation, a medical transport service must be in substantial compliance with the Accreditation Standards.

Substantial compliance is defined as follows: "A medical transport system demonstrates overall quality of service consistent with the essential elements of Accreditation Standards and the professional judgment of the Board. The service demonstrates a steady balance in all dynamic components which comprise their specific program."